Potion of brilliance - Revision history

Hordes at 03:48, 15 March 2025

2025-03-15T03:48:19Z

2024-12-22T00:11:12Z

bump; commit 26026c6 says the brilliance rework originally reduced spell hunger, which was changed to MP cost in 91b530c

2024-10-11T13:38:25Z

Brilliance is back

2024-01-16T04:34:44Z

‎Monster Version: typo

2024-01-16T04:34:31Z

2024-01-16T04:33:16Z

v. bump

2023-10-05T03:12:31Z

2023-10-05T02:59:27Z

+monster version

2023-09-20T19:05:57Z

+strategy section

2023-08-26T14:43:20Z

consistency

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 ==Strategy==
-Brilliance is a useful consumable for casters, akin to a [[potion of might]]. It is best for long, "sustained" encounters, where you'd otherwise run out of MP.
+Brilliance is a useful consumable for casters, akin to a [[potion of might]]. It is best for long, "sustained" encounters, where you'd otherwise run out of MP, and should ideally be used early in a fight.
 ==Monster Version==

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 {{item
   |itemtype = Potion
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 ==History==
-*Prior to [[0.25]], brilliance gave +5 [[intelligence]], and reduced the [[spell success|raw spell failure rate]] by 1/3 (with another bonus of -6% raw failure). Also, brilliance gave a [[spell power]] boost equal to 3 levels of a skill, instead of acting like a spell enhancer.
+*Prior to [[0.26]], brilliance halved [[spell hunger]] instead of MP cost.
 {{potions}}

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   |name = Potion of brilliance
 }}
-''For the removed [[unrand]], see [[Brilliance (artefact)]].''
+''For the [[unrand]], see [[Brilliance (artefact)]].''
 {{flavour|A magic potion which increases the power of the drinker's spells and halves their magic cost (rounding up).}}

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 ==Monster Version==
-Monsters can get the Brilliance effect by using the spell [[Aura of Brilliance]]. Also, [[Borris]] gains Brilliance if you're holding the [[Orb of Zot]].
+Monsters can get the Brilliance effect by using the spell [[Aura of Brilliance]]. Also, [[Boris]] gains Brilliance if you're holding the [[Orb of Zot]].
 Instead of the above effects, Brilliance grants monsters an effective +5 [[HD]] when casting [[spell slot flags|"wizardly"]] spells, and makes it more likely for them to cast said spells.

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 ==Monster Version==
-Monsters can get the Brilliance effect with the spell [[Aura of Brilliance]].
+Monsters can get the Brilliance effect by using the spell [[Aura of Brilliance]]. Also, [[Borris]] gains Brilliance if you're holding the [[Orb of Zot]].
 Instead of the above effects, Brilliance grants monsters an effective +5 [[HD]] when casting [[spell slot flags|"wizardly"]] spells, and makes it more likely for them to cast said spells.

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 *Halves the MP cost of spells (rounded up)
 *An increase to [[spell power]] (1 [[spell enhancer]]; equal to wearing an item of [[Archmagi]])
 These effects last for 35-74 (more) turns. The duration can stack, but you can only store up to 80 turns at a time.
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 ==Strategy==
 Brilliance is a useful consumable for casters, akin to a [[potion of might]]. It is best for long, "sustained" encounters, where you'd otherwise run out of MP.
 ==History==

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 *An increase to [[spell power]] (1 [[spell enhancer]]; equal to wearing an item of [[Archmagi]])
-These effects last 35 to 74 [[turn]]s. Drinking the potion when the status is already active will increase the duration, but never to over 80 turns. Although its effects are only temporary, a potion of brilliance can improve the amount and damage of a caster's spells.
+These effects last for 35-74 (more) turns. The duration can stack, but you can only store up to 80 turns at a time.
-Potions of brilliance do not stack with the Brilliance given by the [[robe of Folly]].
+The [[robe of Folly]] gives a permanent Brilliance effect - the potion and this robe do not stack.
 ==History==